The Russian Federation no longer uses the dollar in mutual settlements on arms deals, including with India, said the head of Rosoboronexport, Alexander Mikheev.

The command staff of the Central Military District (CVO) will study new methods of combating sabotage and reconnaissance units of a conditional enemy and illegal armed formations during an operational combat training camp on December 14-17 in the Orenburg region, the press service of the CVO reported on Tuesday.

PSB starts financing the construction of residential buildings for employees of defense industry enterprises

PSB launches a comprehensive program of financing the construction of residential facilities for the needs of defense industry enterprises and participants of the state defense order. Enterprises of the defense complex from any region of Russia will be able to receive an investment loan for the construction of residential buildings.

The Government of the Russian Federation has submitted to the State Duma a bill consolidating the powers of the President of the Russian Federation to determine the procedure for the protection of important state objects and special cargo by the State Guard, the text of the document is published in the Duma electronic database.

"Washington does not believe that it has violated the promise given to Russia not to expand NATO to the east, as it is guided by the "open door policy," State Department spokesman Ned Price said.

The press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov forwarded to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation the question that Russia allegedly sent tanks and snipers to the line of contact in eastern Ukraine in order to provoke Ukraine to return fire.

The Minister of Defense of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov in November appealed to the head of the Pentagon Lloyd Austin with a request in case of an alleged possible "invasion of Russia" to expand the supply of weapons to Kiev, Foreign Policy reported.

The American side is actively in contact with allies about the presence of Russian troops near Ukraine, but each country will eventually decide for itself how to react in the event of a conflict between Moscow and Kiev, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said on Monday.

The US authorities are making every effort to ensure that the situation around Ukraine does not lead to a military confrontation. This was stated by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin in an interview with Defense One published on Tuesday, December 7.

The United States does not intend to send its military to Ukraine to "fight with Russia." Adam Smith, chairman of the US House of Representatives Committee on Armed Forces, said this in an interview with CNN on December 7.

The representative of the US State Department, Ned Price, said on Monday that Washington considers the policy of "open doors" within NATO to be true, since countries have the right to self-determine their foreign policy.

British serviceman Chileshe Mwamba filed a lawsuit against the Ministry of Defense of the United Kingdom in the High Court of London, demanding compensation of £ 860,000 ($ 1.13 million) for the consequences for his health after a three-week stay in Estonia in November 2017. This is reported by the Daily Mail newspaper.

The new Su-34 bombers entered service in the aviation unit of the Air Force and Air Defense Association of the Eastern Military District (VVO) of the Khabarovsk Territory, the press service of the district reports.

The US military does not consider the actions of its reconnaissance aircraft over the Black Sea risky, because of which the Russian civil aircraft was forced to change course, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said.

Russian Helicopters Holding of Rostec State Corporation has increased the flight range of Ansat and Ansat-M helicopters by 140 km due to the installation of an additional tank.

Hero of the Soviet Union Gurgen Karapetyan, a test pilot of Mi helicopters, died at the age of 84. This is reported by TASS with reference to the message of the Russian Helicopters holding.

According to the Philippine news agency PNA, on December 3, an official ceremony was held at Clark Air Base in Angeles (Pampanga Province) for the adoption of the last batch of multi-purpose S-70i "Black Hawk" helicopters by the Philippine Air Force.

The Government will approve the procedure for assessing the conformity of space technology intended for use in scientific and socio-economic purposes

The State Duma adopted in the first reading a bill defining the procedure for assessing the conformity of dual-use space technology, which is intended for use in scientific and socio-economic purposes. The document was initiated by the Government of the Russian Federation.

Autonomous tests are planned to be completed by the end of 2021

Specialists have started testing the systems of the Soyuz launch complex after upgrading to a new type of fuel at the Vostochny cosmodrome in the Amur Region. This was reported on Tuesday in the press service of Roscosmos.

Cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin clarified that the language of communication with the Japanese participants of the flight is English

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa and his business assistant Yozo Hirano began learning Russian while preparing for a flight into space. This was announced at a pre-flight press conference on Tuesday by cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, who will become the first TASS correspondent aboard the International Space Station.